Hyde Park crash results in felony charges against Poughkeepsie man

HYDE PARK >> A Poughkeepsie man faces three felony charges after leaving the scene of a two-car accident that injured two people, town police said Wednesday.

Gary J. Schonmann Jr., 33, was charged with the felonies of vehicular assault, driving while ability impaired by drugs and leaving the scene of a personal-injury accident, as well as the misdemeanor of aggravated unlicensed driving and the violations of speeding and driving and uninspected motor vehicle, Hyde Park police said.

Police said they were dispatched to an accident in the area of Salt Point Turnpike and Cream Street about 7:30 p.m. Friday. A car involved had fled, officers were told, and a vehicle matching its description and driven by Schonmann was located soon after at the intersection of Creek Road and East Dorsey Lane, police said.

The vehicle Schonmann struck was occupied by two people who were taken was taken to the MidHudson Regional Hospital (formerly St. Francis) in Poughkeepsie, police said. They did not identify the occupants but said their injuries were not life-threatening.

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Schonmann was arraigned in Hyde Park Town Court and sent to the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.